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A Dopey Scandal

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Brock Yates

Updated June 24, 2002 12:01 a.m. ET

Please excuse me while I reach for the smelling salts. The news that some professional baseball players may be using steroids is beginning to sink in and the shock is staggering. Congress is even going to hold a hearing. Imagine, young men making what is equivalent to the GDP of a small African nation employing drugs to enhance their performance. What next, news that politicians can be influenced by campaign contributions or that some men of the cloth have weird sexual predilections?